Canada: North Pacific - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Canada: North Pacific

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,602,697
Species level	6,414,721
Species	4,501
Taxa	6,280
Datasets	225
Time range	1119 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	205
No WoRMS match	2,096
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,615
No accepted name available	20,874

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,557,364	21,878
eventDate	23,561	0
maximumDepthInMeters	5,397,034	833
minimumDepthInMeters	5,488,425	855
occurrenceStatus	70,359	0
scientificName	278	0
scientificNameID	36,977	697

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,442,896
More than 20 km from shore	1,094
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	82,261

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
DFO Pacific: Herring Biosample Database Published 2022-03-23	1,923,172
Pacific Multispecies Small Mesh Bottom Trawl Survey Published 2025-03-04	1,665,128
DFO Pacific Groundfish - Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl Survey Published 2023-10-31	497,878
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - Queen Charlotte Sound Published 2023-07-20	421,702
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - West Coast Vancouver Island Published 2023-07-20	323,325
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - Hecate Strait Published 2023-07-20	285,188
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - West Coast Haida Gwaii Published 2023-07-20	182,450
Robichaud sturgeon Published 2023-09-22	144,869
NuSEDS - New Salmon Escapement Database System Published 2022-10-12	131,894
European Green Crab surveys - DFO Pacific Published 2023-02-10	124,912

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,964,470
Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	728,397
Pandalus dispar (Rathbun, 1902) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	333,191
Pandalus eous Makarov, 1935 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	223,825
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	170,415
Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	166,260
Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	162,513
Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrostei	144,874
Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson, 1836) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	124,029
Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1855) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	117,378

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2024
Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2024
Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2023
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2023
Plocamium pacificum Kylin, 1925 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Savoiea robusta (N.L.Gardner) M.J.Wynne, 2018 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	28	2022
Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	45	2022
Mastocarpus latissimus (Harvey) S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone, 2011 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	13	2022
Mastocarpus alaskensis S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone, 2011 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	117	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
Pacific Biological Station (DFO – PBS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	3,959,898
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	2,265,939
Fisheries and Oceans	1,665,128
Ocean Tracking Network	245,788
Ocean Tracking Network	245,708
Kintama Research Services	245,620
University of British Columbia	227,648
LGL Limited	220,311
Carleton University	156,041
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada	154,133